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Frank McGrath

Frank McGrath

Actor, Stunts, Other Crew

Born February 2, 1903 in Mound City, Missouri, USA

Died May 13, 1967

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Benjamin Franklin McGrath (February 2, 1903 – May 13, 1967) was an American television and film actor and stunt performer who played the comical, optimistic cook with the white beard, Charlie B. Wooster, on the western series Wagon Train for five seasons on NBC and then three seasons on ABC. McGrath appeared in all 272 episodes in the eight seasons of the series, which had ended its run only two years before his death. McGrath's Wooster character hence provided the meals and companionship for both fictional trail masters, Ward Bond as Seth Adams and John McIntire as Christopher "Chris" Hale.

McGrath was born in Mound City in Holt County in far northwestern Missouri.

McGrath married Libby Quay Buschlen (1902–1978), a native of Ontario, Canada. He died May 13, 1967 at the age of sixty-four of a heart attack in Beverly Hills, California, and was interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale. CLR

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Filmography

Actor

57

Type

Year

TV's Western Heroes Poster

TV's Western Heroes Documentary1993Wooster

The Shakiest Gun in the West Poster

The Shakiest Gun in the West Feature Film1968Mr. Remington

Gunfight in Abilene Poster

Gunfight in Abilene Feature Film1967Ned Martin

Tammy and the Millionaire Poster

Tammy and the Millionaire Feature Film1967Uncle Lucius

The Last Challenge Poster

The Last Challenge Feature Film1967Ballard Weeks

The Reluctant Astronaut Poster

The Reluctant Astronaut Feature Film1967Plank

The War Wagon Poster

The War Wagon Feature Film1967Bartender

Tammy TV Series1965Uncle Lucius

The Big Valley Poster

The Big Valley TV Series1965Buster

The Sword of Ali Baba Poster

The Sword of Ali Baba Feature Film1965Pindar

The Virginian Poster

The Virginian TV Series1962Neddie Henshaw

Here's Hollywood Poster

Here's Hollywood TV Series1960Self

Hell Bound Poster

Hell Bound Feature Film1957Detective

Tales of Wells Fargo Poster

Tales of Wells Fargo TV Series1957Jake Rivers

The Tin Star Poster

The Tin Star Feature Film1957Jim Clark - Stagecoach Driver

Wagon Train Poster

Wagon Train TV Series1957Charlie Wooster

The Boss Poster

The Boss Feature Film1956Saloon Patron

The First Texan Poster

The First Texan Feature Film1956Mexican Horseman

The Great Locomotive Chase Poster

The Great Locomotive Chase Feature Film1956Soldier

The Searchers Poster

The Searchers Feature Film1956Texas Ranger

Cheyenne Poster

Cheyenne TV Series1955John Pike

The Egyptian Poster

The Egyptian Feature Film1954Minor Role

Hondo Feature Film1953Lowe's Partner

Ride, Vaquero! Poster

Ride, Vaquero! Feature Film1953Pete

Across the Wide Missouri Poster

Across the Wide Missouri Feature Film1951St. Leger

Night Into Morning Poster

Night Into Morning Feature Film1951Irate Driver

Slaughter Trail Poster

Slaughter Trail Feature Film1951Jamora

The Red Badge of Courage Poster

The Red Badge of Courage Feature Film1951Captain

Westward the Women Poster

Westward the Women Feature Film1951Outrider

Broken Arrow Poster

Broken Arrow Feature Film1950Barfly

Devil's Doorway Poster

Devil's Doorway Feature Film1950Posse Member

The Flame and the Arrow Poster

The Flame and the Arrow Feature Film1950Guard

The Milkman Poster

The Milkman Feature Film1950Man

Wagon Master Poster

Wagon Master Feature Film1950Posse Member

Big Jack Poster

Big Jack Feature Film1949Posse Member

Mighty Joe Young Poster

Mighty Joe Young Feature Film1949Cowboy

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Poster

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Feature Film1949Bugler

A Southern Yankee Poster

A Southern Yankee Feature Film1948Dispatch Rider

Alias a Gentleman Poster

Alias a Gentleman Feature Film1948Murph

Fort Apache Poster

Fort Apache Feature Film1948Cpl. Derice

Half Past Midnight Poster

Half Past Midnight Feature Film1948Taxi driver

Heldorado Poster

Heldorado Feature Film1946Bearded Man Next to Carnival Jail

Her Highness and the Bellboy Poster

Her Highness and the Bellboy Feature Film1945Brawler

They Were Expendable Poster

They Were Expendable Feature Film1945'Slim' - Bearded CPO

It Happened in Flatbush Poster

It Happened in Flatbush Feature Film1942Baseball Game Spectator

Sundown Jim Poster

Sundown Jim Feature Film1942Henchman

The Black Swan Poster

The Black Swan Feature Film1942Pirate

The Man in the Trunk Poster

The Man in the Trunk Feature Film1942Photographer

The Ox-Bow Incident Poster

The Ox-Bow Incident Feature Film1942Posse Member

Bad Men of Missouri Poster

Bad Men of Missouri Feature Film1941Townsman

Riders of the Purple Sage Poster

Riders of the Purple Sage Feature Film1941Pete

Western Union Poster

Western Union Feature Film1941Posse Rider

High School Poster

High School Feature Film1940Student in Fight

Under the Pampas Moon Poster

Under the Pampas Moon Feature Film1935Gaucho

Robbers' Roost Poster

Robbers' Roost Feature Film1932Mexican

The Rainbow Trail Poster

The Rainbow Trail Feature Film1932Horseman

The Big Trail Poster

The Big Trail Feature Film1930Pioneer

Stunts

43

Gunfight in Abilene Poster

Gunfight in Abilene Feature Film1967

The Last Challenge Poster

The Last Challenge Feature Film1967

The War Wagon Poster

The War Wagon Feature Film1967

Designing Woman Poster

Designing Woman Feature Film1957

The Tin Star Poster

The Tin Star Feature Film1957

The Wings of Eagles Poster

The Wings of Eagles Feature Film1957

Santiago Poster

Santiago Feature Film1956

The Searchers Poster

The Searchers Feature Film1956

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Poster

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea Feature Film1954

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Poster

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers Feature Film1954

Hondo Feature Film1953

The Naked Spur Poster

The Naked Spur Feature Film1953

Apache War Smoke Poster

Apache War Smoke Feature Film1952

Pony Soldier Poster

Pony Soldier Feature Film1952

Slaughter Trail Poster

Slaughter Trail Feature Film1951

Westward the Women Poster

Westward the Women Feature Film1951

Broken Arrow Poster

Broken Arrow Feature Film1950

Devil's Doorway Poster

Devil's Doorway Feature Film1950

Rio Grande Poster

Rio Grande Feature Film1950

Side Street Poster

Side Street Feature Film1950

The Flame and the Arrow Poster

The Flame and the Arrow Feature Film1950

Wagon Master Poster

Wagon Master Feature Film1950

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Poster

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon Feature Film1949

3 Godfathers Poster

3 Godfathers Feature Film1948

Fort Apache Poster

Fort Apache Feature Film1948

The Three Musketeers Poster

The Three Musketeers Feature Film1948

Heldorado Poster

Heldorado Feature Film1946

My Darling Clementine Poster

My Darling Clementine Feature Film1946

They Were Expendable Poster

They Were Expendable Feature Film1945

It Happened in Flatbush Poster

It Happened in Flatbush Feature Film1942

Sundown Jim Poster

Sundown Jim Feature Film1942

The Black Swan Poster

The Black Swan Feature Film1942

The Ox-Bow Incident Poster

The Ox-Bow Incident Feature Film1942

Western Union Poster

Western Union Feature Film1941

High School Poster

High School Feature Film1940

Hollywood Cavalcade Poster

Hollywood Cavalcade Feature Film1939

Under the Pampas Moon Poster

Under the Pampas Moon Feature Film1935

Elinor Norton Poster

Elinor Norton Feature Film1934

Robbers' Roost Poster

Robbers' Roost Feature Film1932

The Rainbow Trail Poster

The Rainbow Trail Feature Film1932

The Cisco Kid Poster

The Cisco Kid Feature Film1931

In Old Arizona Poster

In Old Arizona Feature Film1928

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Poster

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ Feature Film1925

Other Crew

3

Vogues of 1938 Poster

Vogues of 1938 Feature Film1937

Broadway Bill Poster

Broadway Bill Feature Film1934

Call It Luck Poster

Call It Luck Feature Film1934

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